Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Rider propulsion with additional source of power – e.g.,...
Patent
1988-02-12
1990-07-24
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Rider propulsion with additional source of power, e.g.,...
74127, 280216, B62M 2302
Patent
active
049429361
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle or motocycle that can be driven either by compressed air or pressurized hydraulics in which either an electric motor operated from a battery source drives a pump or the rider manually provides pedal power for driving the pump in compressing either air or pressurizing hydraulic fluid that is fed through pipelines to a cylinder motor having a piston and rod mechanically connected to a series of clutches that are connected to a series of rectangular or square gears operatively arranged for rotating a series of worm screw gears to the reciprocation of the piston rod whereby the screw gears are connected to an output shaft having a gear operably connected to a second gear that is fixed to the drive axle of the two wheel vehicle for its rotation thereof. Additionally, the arrangement is for the storing of excess pressurized working fluid in a pressure accumulator as auxilliary power for driving the vehicle and for the recovery of kinetic energy during braking and deceleration by the application of regenerative braking to the electric motor and a flywheel is arranged to a pump and operably connected to an alternator for generating electricity from stored potential energy. Pressurized hydraulic fluid or compressed air is fed from storage or a pump for operating the braking system.
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